Vladimir
Putin signed Federal Law On Ratification
of the Agreement between Russia and the Democratic
Socialist Republic ofSri Lanka on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal
Cases.

February 7, 2017

18:35

The Agreement, which
takes into account the modern contractual practice, the laws of the Russian
Federation and international standards in this area, was signed in St
Petersburg on May 28, 2015, with the aim of expanding the international legal
basis of Russia-Sri Lanka cooperation on mutual legal assistance in criminal
cases.

Under the Agreement, the parties undertake to provide mutual legal assistance in compliance with the provisions of the agreement during investigations, court hearings or other
proceedings linked with criminal cases. The Agreement stipulates the amount of mutual legal assistance, the form and contents of requests to provide legal
assistance and the procedure for fulfilling these requests.